Shiva Rice Mills

You can find Shiva Rice Mills out in Village Kishanpur, in the Kiccha Tehsil of Udham Singh Nagar. It’s a bit of a drive from the main city, but it’s right in the middle of the farming country. We’ve been operating here for years. The mill isn’t much to look at from the outside, just some corrugated metal and brick, but inside it’s full of activity. We process a lot of rice every season. The machines we use are pretty standard, nothing too high-tech, but they get the grain clean and ready. I spend a lot of my time in the yard, talking to the farmers who bring their loads in. They usually have stories about the weather or the crop prices. We don't have any big mission statements or corporate values. We just show up and do the work. The dust can be a bit much sometimes, especially when the wind blows through the open doors, but you get used to it. We have a small crew of workers who know exactly what they are doing. Sometimes the power supply in the village is a bit unreliable, so we have to plan our milling around that. It can be frustrating, but we manage. We’re just a local business trying to make a living like everyone else. There’s no pressure to be the biggest, just to be consistent. We like the quiet life out here in Kishanpur, even if the mill itself is anything but quiet.